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Cesar J. Ayala
American Sugar Kingdom: The Plantation Economy of the Spanish Caribbean, 1898-1934

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Stephen Shore
American Surfaces

2008 y.
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Description: `American Surfaces`, Stephen Shore`s ground-breaking and largely unpublished series of photographs from 1972-3, took documentary photography to a new level. When first exhibited at the Light Gallery in New York this visual diary of Shore`s travels across the United States confounded critics. Displayed as hundreds and hundreds of colour photographs, processed simply at Kodak`s labs in New Jersey, they were a stark contrast to the formal, black-and-white prints that were recognized as art photography at the time. Despite its unfavorable reviews, the show was bought in its entirety by Weston Naef, then Curator of Photography at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, where 220 of the photographs now reside. `American Surfaces` has since become the benchmark for documenting our fast-living, consumer-orientated world, a body of work that followed on from Walker Evans and Robert Prank`s experiences of crossing the United States and which continues to influence photographers today. … [detailed...]

ISBN: 978-0-7148-4863-1
Book size: 210x240; Page extent: 232.

 

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Todd Schorr
American Surreal: The Art of Todd Schorr

2009 y.
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Description: The latest collection of paintings by one of contemporary surrealism`s most influential artists. American Surreal picks up where Dreamland, Schorr`s previous bestselling collection of mind-bending paintings left off. Look forward to countless hours of eye bulging investigative thought while examining the impeccably rendered subject matter that has become the hallmark of Schorr`s outrageous vision. Schorr, one of the seminal figures in what has come to be known as the Lowbrow or Pop Surrealism art movement, has continually and systematically set the bar ever higher in his quest to bring classic old master painting technique to his pop culture infused subject matter. This latest collection continues that journey culminating with the epic masterpiece Ape Worship included in this volume. Schorr`s paintings are the subject of two upcoming museum retrospectives, and are highly prized and coveted by collectors the world over. American Surreal is sure to satisfy those with an overly-developed… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0867197099
Book size: —; Page extent: 100.

 

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Ezra Cappell
American Talmud: The Cultural Work of Jewish American Fiction (S U N Y Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture)

2008 y.
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ISBN: 0791471241
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American Tapestry

2003 y.
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ISBN: 1592350445
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J. D. Kenneth Boutin
American Technology Policy: Evolving Strategic Interests after the Cold War

2009 y.
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Description: Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. policymakers have faced the challenge of addressing the technological requirements of both economic competitiveness and national security. The changed international environment has provided the scope for American authorities to better support economic progress, which has then turned attention to the needs of the high technology industry. Promoting the technological objectives of competitiveness and security poses a daunting task as these objectives can differ significantly in terms of technological autonomy, the private sector`s role, and the time frame involved. The difficulties inherent in addressing the technological requirements of both security and competitiveness are being exacerbated further by deepening technological globalization and the transnational processes of development, application, and diffusion that result. This volume analyzes the ongoing efforts of American authorities to balance the often-conflicting technological… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1574888668
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J. D. Kenneth Boutin
American Technology Policy: Evolving Strategic Interests after the Cold War

2009 y.
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Description: Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. policymakers have faced the challenge of addressing the technological requirements of both economic competitiveness and national security. The changed international environment has provided the scope for American authorities to better support economic progress, which has then turned attention to the needs of the high technology industry. Promoting the technological objectives of competitiveness and security poses a daunting task as these objectives can differ significantly in terms of technological autonomy, the private sector’s role, and the time frame involved. The difficulties inherent in addressing the technological requirements of both security and competitiveness are being exacerbated further by deepening technological globalization and the transnational processes of development, application, and diffusion that result.This volume analyzes the ongoing efforts of American authorities to balance the often-conflicting technological requirements of… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1574888676
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Rhodes
American Tenant: Everything U Need to Know About Your Rights as a Renter (American Real Estate)

2008 y.
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Description: The Expert Guide to Finding Your Best Deal as a Tenant Whether you`re a first-time renter or a seasoned tenant, it`s crucial to know your rights and find the best deals on rental properties--especially at a time when renting is a more popular option than ever. Backed by decades of real estate experience, American Tenant lays out all the issues you need to know--the questions to ask, what to expect, and how to interpret and negotiate leases. Drawn from years of experience helping thousands of clients, American Tenant delivers everything you need to know to get the most from your tenant/landlord relationship. Everything U Need to Know About: Your Rights as a Renter Information on credit and background checks Tools and techniques to negotiate your lease Explanations of your civil rights Agreements about maintenance and repair Ways to handle roommates, evictions, and many other issues BONUS CD-ROM FEATURES: Rental forms PLUS Landlord-tenant laws for all 50 states! [detailed...]

ISBN: 0071590501
Book size: —; Page extent: 270.

 

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Jeff McComsey
American Terror: Confessions of a Human Smart Bomb Vol. 2

2009 y.
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Description: Victor Sheppard is an old man in a new world. He remembers a time when he couldn`t be bought, fighting to save a world where everything was for sale. In this volume, Victor recalls his first association with Homer Hegal (the original smart bomb), their journey across the United States recruiting true believers, and their mission: to level the playing field between newly empowered corporate states and the developing nations that stood in their way. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1934985066
Book size: —; Page extent: 88.

 

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American Theaters

2007 y.
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ISBN: 978-0-7643-2491-8
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American Theatre Book of Monologues for Men

2003 y.
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Description: Book Description The best monologues from 15 years of American Theatre magazine plays. ?? These monologue books present the best audition pieces for actors selected from over 80 plays first published in American Theatre magazine since 1985.The magazine has published many of the most important contemporary American plays over the last 15 years, including Angels in America , Three Tall Women , M. Butterfly , Talk Radio , The Baltimore Waltz , Buried Child , to name a few. ?? Chosen by Stephanie Coen, the former managing editor of American Theatre , these books provide a remarkable array of styles and characters for use in auditions or scene study classes by male and female actors. ?? Selected from the work of the following playwrights: ? Edward Albee, Jon Robin Baitz, Eric Bogosian, Pearl Cleage, Don DeLillo, Rita Dove, Christopher Durang, Horton Foote, Maria Irene Fornes, Athol Fugard, Vaclav Havel, Danny Hoch,… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1559361972
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Kevin Phillips
American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21stCentury

2007 y.
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Description: An explosive examination of the coalition of forces that threatens the nation, from the bestselling author of American Dynasty In his two most recent bestselling books, American Dynasty and Wealth and Democracy , Kevin Phillips established himself as a powerful critic of the political and economic forces that rule?and imperil?the United States, tracing the ever more alarming path of the emerging Republican majority`s rise to power. Now Phillips takes an uncompromising view of the current age of global overreach, fundamentalist religion, diminishing resources, and ballooning debt under the GOP majority. With an eye to the past and a searing vision of the future, Phillips confirms what too many Americans are still unwilling to admit about the depth of our misgovernment. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0143038281
Book size: —; Page extent: 512.

 

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Kevin Phillips
American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21stCentury

2006 y.
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Description: From America`s premier political analyst, an explosive examination of the axis of religion, politics, and borrowed money that threatens to destroy the nation In his two most recent New York Times bestselling books, American Dynasty and Wealth and Democracy , Kevin Phillips established himself as a powerful critic of the political and economic forces that are ruling?and imperiling?the United States. Now, Phillips takes an uncompromising view of the political coalition, led by radical religion, that is driving America to the brink of disaster. From Ancient Rome to the British Empire, Phillips demonstrates that every world-dominating power has been brought down by a related set of causes: a lethal combination of global over- reach, militant religion, resource problems, and ballooning debt. It is this same axis of ills that has come to define America`s political and economic identity in the past decade. Military miscalculations in… [detailed...]

ISBN: 067003486X
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Martin Halliwell, Catherine Morley
American Thought and Culture in the Twenty First Century

2009 y.
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Description: Will America come to own the twenty-first century? Will its power and ideas dominate the globe? Or will the United States buckle underneath the pressure of new international challenges? This groundbreaking book looks at changing patterns of American thought and culture at the dawn of the new millennium, a time in which the world`s richest nation has never been more powerful or controversial. The volume brings together eminent North American and European thinkers to investigate the crucial issues and challenges facing the United States. From the subterranean political shifts of the electoral landscape to the latest biomedical advances, from the literary response to 9/11 to the rise of reality television, this collection explores the political, social, and cultural contours of contemporary American life. It also places the United States within a global narrative of commerce, cultural exchange, international diplomacy, ideological conflict, and war. These eighteen original essays address… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0748626026
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Anne O. Krueger
American Trade Policy: A Tragedy in the Making

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Description: Growing U.S. protectionism and Washington`s aggressive use of bilateral trade tactics threaten to unleash a devastating world trade war, warns the author in this volume. She argues that American productivity and living standards, along with those of other countries, will improve only with a renewed commitment to open multilateral trade. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0844738891
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I. M. Destler
American Trade Politics, Fourth Edition

2005 y.
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ISBN: 0881323829
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George Perkins, Barbara Perkins
American Tradition in Literature with Readers Interactive Exploration of American Literature: Concise Edition

2005 y.
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ISBN: 007322152X
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George B. Perkins
American Tradition in Literature: With American Ariel

2006 y.
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ISBN: 0073221538
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Bernard-Henri Levy
American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville

2006 y.
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Description: What does it mean to be an American, and what can America be today? To answer these questions, celebrated philosopher and journalist Bernard-Henri LA?A©vy spent a year traveling throughout the country in the footsteps of another great Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, whose Democracy in America remains the most influential book ever written about our country. The result is American Vertigo, a fascinating, wholly fresh look at a country we sometimes only think we know. From Rikers Island to Chicago mega-churches, from Muslim communities in Detroit to an Amish enclave in Iowa, LA?A©vy investigates issues at the heart of our democracy: the special nature of American patriotism, the coexistence of freedom and religion (including the religion of baseball), the prison system, the “return of ideology” and the health of our political institutions, and much more. He revisits and updates Tocqueville’s most important beliefs, such as the dangers posed by… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1400064341
Book size: —; Page extent: 320.

 

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Mark Rawlinson
American Visual Culture

2009 y.
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Description: Covering the period from the late nineteenth century to the present day, the book explores how visual culture has at once transformed and consolidated the image of the United States. American Visual Culture presents both an analysis of the diversity of American visual media and a critical introduction to the study and interpretation of visual culture. Thematic chapters--on American urban and rural landscapes, icons, popular culture, art and photography, as well as on crime, anxiety and sex-- introduce the cultural, intellectual and historical context. Throughout, these themes are discussed in conjunction with clear and concise explanations of key visual theories and methodologies. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1845202163
Book size: —; Page extent: 256.

 

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Ann Eckert Brown
American Wall Stenciling, 1790-1840

2003 y.
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Description: Book DescriptionA generously illustrated survey of an important post-revolutionary American decorative art form. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1584651946
Book size: —; Page extent: 288.

 

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Gerald D. Nash
American West Transformed: The Impact of the Second World War

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Alissa Torres
American Widow

2008 y.
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Description: `At the heart of `American Widow` is the notion of Sept. 11 as a personal, rather than a national or political, tragedy, which, this achingly tender work reminds us, is exactly what it was.` -- LA TimesWant to honor those who passed during 9-11? Turn off the stupid documentary glorifying all of those images we`ve seen over and over, and read this sincere account of how that fateful day effected one person that represents all of us.” — Aint It Cool News“[A] raw, occasionally maddening, bracing graphic memoir… Unbearably moving.” — The New York Times Book Review“Reading it, you feel that Torres could be your friend or neighbor, she makes an epic tragedy intimate.” — NewsdayOn September 10, 2001, Eddie Torres started his dream job at Cantor Fitzgerald in the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The next morning, he said goodbye to his 7?-months-pregnant wife, Alissa, and headed out the door.In an instant, Alissa’s world was thrown into chaos. Forced to deal with unimaginable… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0345500695
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Curtis Sittenfeld
American Wife: A Novel

2008 y.
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Description: On what might become one of the most significant days in her husband’s presidency, Alice Blackwell considers the strange and unlikely path that has led her to the White House–and the repercussions of a life lived, as she puts it, “almost in opposition to itself.”A kind, bookish only child born in the 1940s, Alice learned the virtues of politeness early on from her stolid parents and small Wisconsin hometown. But a tragic accident when she was seventeen shattered her identity and made her understand the fragility of life and the tenuousness of luck. So more than a decade later, when she met boisterous, charismatic Charlie Blackwell, she hardly gave him a second look: She was serious and thoughtful, and he would rather crack a joke than offer a real insight, he was the wealthy son of a bastion family of the Republican party, and she was a school librarian and registered Democrat. Comfortable in her quiet and unassuming life, she felt inured to his charms. And then, much to her surprise,… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1400064759
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American Wilderness: A New History

2007 y.
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ISBN: 0195174151
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T. Lindsay Baker
American Windmills: An Album of Historic Photographs

2007 y.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Description: Boasting nearly two hundred striking images, this book is the first devoted to photographs illustrating historic wind machines throughout North America. T.Lindsay Baker, an expert historian on windmills, has written about wind-power history for twenty-five years. His album contains historic images captured by professional windmiller B.H.`Tex` Burdick and from corporate archives of windmill manufacturers. It depicts windmills in a wide range of settings and uses - not only on ranches and farms but also alongside railroads, in industry, and even in urban areas. The photos chosen for this book illustrate windmill manufacture, distribution, and use in all regions of the United States, with an emphasis on the Great Plains. They take us into the factories to show how commercial windmills were mass-produced and marketed - and also into rural America to show how inventive individuals designed their own homemade wind machines. An introduction by photography historian John… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0806138025
Book size: —; Page extent: 156.

 

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American Wits: An Anthology of Light Verse (American Poets Project)

2003 y.
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Description: Book DescriptionDistinguished poet and critic John Hollander offers, for the first time ever, a buoyant guided tour of American light verse-a tradition he delightfully pursues from Ambrose Bierce`s sardonic The Devil`s Dictionary quatrains to the latter-day comic inventions of Edward Gorey, Kenneth Koch, and James Merrill. Along the way, American Wits gathers a rich harvest of couplets, clerihews, epigrams, parodies, burlesques, and other forms of fractured verse. The varied and often surprising list of contributors includes Edwin Arlington Robinson, Don Marquis, T. S. Eliot, Christopher Morley, Dorothy Parker, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ogden Nash, Phyllis McGinley, and Anthony Hecht. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1931082499
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Beth Helms
American Wives (Iowa Short Fiction Award)

2003 y.
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Description: Book Description AvailableOctober 2003 In Beth Helms`s American Wives, winner of the 2003 Iowa Short Fiction Award, the women inhabit familiar roles?military wife, wealthy widow, devoted mother, lifetime companion. Yet despite their ordinary appearances, these women have deep secrets hidden beneath the thin veneer of duty, devotion, and privilege. Set in both the United States and abroad, American Wives is about hope and disappointment, failure and resignation, desire and, occasionally, joy. A military wife abroad has a brief and totally unexpected sexual encounter, a wife watches as her husband, obsessed with the au-pair, has an affair instead with her best friend, a young woman finds herself destined to repeat the patternsof her mother`s long-hidden infidelities. At the heart of each encounter is the overwhelming need to connect with others?whether they be lovers, spouses, friends, or family?while balancing personal desires. Too often, Helms`s… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0877458685
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Moira Davison Reynolds
American Women Scientists: 23 Inspiring Biographies 1900-2000

2004 y.
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Description: Book DescriptionFor most of the 20th century, American women had little encouragement to become scientists. In 1906, there were only 75 female scientists employed by academic institutions in the entire country. Despite considerable barriers, determined women have, however, decidedly distinguished themselves. Three examples: Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon discovered five novas and over 300 other stars. Mathematician and computer scientist Grace Hopper helped invent the COBOL language. Anesthesiologist Virginia Apgar devised the now universally used Apgar score to make a rapid evaluation of a newborn?s condition just after delivery. Of the 23 American women scientists covered, six were awarded Nobel prizes. Each biography is accompanied bya photograph. A bibliography and an index complete the work. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0786421614
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Deborah G. Douglas, Amy E. Foster, Alan D. Meyer, Lucy B. Young
American Women and Flight since 1940

2009 y.
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Description: The words `Women Fly` are stitched on one of the hottest ball caps at air shows around the country. Women also run wind tunnel experiments, direct air traffic, and fabricate airplanes. American women have been involved with flight from the beginning, but until 1940, most people believed women could not fly, that Amelia Earhart was an exception to the rule. World War II changed everything. `It is on the record that women can fly as well as men,` stated General Henry H. Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Forces. The question became `Should women fly?` American Women and Flight since 1940 tells the story of this ongoing debate and its impact on American history. From Jackie Cochran, whose perseverance led to the formation of the Women?s Army Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II to the recent achievements of Jeannie Flynn, the Air Force?s first woman fighter pilot and Eileen Collins, NASA?s first woman shuttle commander, Deborah G. Douglas introduces a host of determined… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0813190738
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New Strategist Editors
American Women: Who They Are &, How They Live (American Consumer Series)

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ISBN: 188507042X
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